Watching this guy, I can understand why he is liked. Looks like something between Vinnie Johnson and Jason Terry. Nice player. Great player to add to a team with a couple superstars already on it. Way more valuable in a role like that than starting or coming off the bench for a team that doesn't have a go-to guy to play off of.

One day into the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago last week, Syracuse guard Dion Waiters shut it down ó he was not working out for any more teams. That means he got a draft promise from some team.

Who? How about the Phoenix Suns at No. 13? That was the early rumor and thatís what Gery Woelfel of the Journal-Times was told.

"Iíve been told by two NBA officials that it is the Phoenix Suns, who pick right after the Bucks."

The Suns may have a lot of minutes to give out at guard if Steve Nash leaves as a free agent.

One thing to watch: Donít be shocked if some team like the Raptors (No. 8) pick him as part of a pre-arranged draft day trade. That way the Suns get their guy and the Raptors would get the No. 13 pick and another player (or future pick).

Maybe that's a route for Portland; the #11 for a signed-and-traded Aaron Brooks. He killed the Blazers in the past. Maybe he can step in as their future PG. In the meantime, the Suns get a #11 pick (all of this consummated after the draft)?